Her sexually-charged provocative shows were met with mixed reviews in Dubai. The “MDNA” tour was billed as a Peace Tour, but featured Kalashnikov rifles and a gaudy religious iconography, mixing Arabic calls to God’s grace with crucifixes.

It was all a bit like a prayer for the Middle East, blending provocative dance moves with a mish-mash of blood-soaked political and religious imagery and same-sex smooching.